General de Gaulle decorates French soldier.

General de Gaulle decorates French soldier. General Charles de Gaulle (third from right), President of the French Provisional Government, shown in Landsberg, Germany, May 19, 1945, as he prepares to present decorations to several members of the Second French Armored Division. Standing with him are (left to right) General François Sevez, Adjutant to the Chief of Staff of the French Army; Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch, Jr., Commanding General of the Seventh U.S. Army; M. André Diethelm, French Minister of War; General de Gaulle, Major General Edward H. Brooks, Commanding General of the Sixth Corps, U.S. Seventh Army and General de Langlado, Commanding General of the Second French Armored Division. General de Gaulle made a special trip into the Seventh U.S. Army sector at Landsberg, to promote General LeClerc to the rank of Corps Commander of the French Army, and to present the decorations.